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    CASE STUDY: CONVERSE The Converse Rubber Shoe Company was founded by Marquis M. Converse in 1918. About 10 years after its establishment, Converse All Star Basketball Shoe, one of the most famous shoe lines of all time was added to the converse shoe line. Player of a basketball team, Charles Taylor chose his athletic shoe as the Converse all star and started spreading the brand across all college teams and high schools. With this, converse all star emerged as a sports shoe line and found a…

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    ¨Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness¨(Euripides). Friendship is a big concept in almost everyone's life. In the movie Finding Forrester, there is a kid named Jamal, who loves the game of basketball and is a great student athlete. He seems to not do as well on his homework assignments, but always gets a great grade on his test scores. He and his friends break into this one house that they call the Window. Jamal leaves his bag and runs off after the Window scares him off.…

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    went down in history as being a valuable player, student and genuine person. Bradley was an exceptionally smart kid who was also a gifted basketball player and out of high school he decided to play for Princeton University. He had qualities unmatched to any player known and his uncanny ability to communicate with everyone followed by his career after basketball prove how accomplished this man became. Bradley had immense focus and intangible time management skills. When it came to managing…

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    greatest assets is dedication. While I was not the best basketball player on my high school team, I worked constantly to perfect my jump shot. Throughout my high school basketball career, I have met with my coach three days per week for one-on-one workouts to perfect my ball handling and shooting form. I wanted to be a much better basketball player, and was willing to put the work in to improve my game every day. I made the Varsity basketball team as a freshman, but didn't see the court at all.…

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    by so quickly. At this time I was into sports, basketball being my favored. I would be at the basketball courts night and day or I would just walk the block bouncing a basketball. I remember playing at the YMCA I was positioned as a point guard because of my accomplishments. After playing with the YMCA I joined other city by the name of River Park Recreation. I played on a team named the Bulldogs. Playing for the city league was the best basketball experience.…

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    My whole life I’ve been a little different. From the clothes I wear and the way I present myself, to the way I look at the world, I’ve always been somewhat peculiar. Not peculiar in a bad way, but in an interesting, provocative kind of way. I am the weird greenish-yellow crayon in the box that no one ever uses. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. My mom enrolled me and my sister into a Waldorf school where we spent our time building fairy houses in the woods, making slingshots out of twigs, and…

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    All my life I was always put down for being small. Standing at 4’11 now as a freshman in college I get comments on my height every day. So when my basketball coach at the end of my freshmen year of high school blew her high-pitched whistle stopping practice to say “Why is the shortest person on the team jumping high than all of you!” I felt the biggest swell in my chest. That moment in practice was a significant turning point in my life that proves I am capable of accomplishing anything with…

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    place I went to when coping with family incidents. This institution, in particular the basketball gym, helped me find myself, changing my life forever. Some things happen for a reason, and living a short five minute walk away from the YMCA was one of them for me. Throughout my life, basketball has been my favorite sport and the YMCA became my household gym. Whenever I had free time, I was on this basketball court. Every Friday after school, several of us made the quick trek over, celebrating…

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    Basketball: The Greatest Sport Played Indoors Basketball is a very physically and mentally demanding sport, which is why michael Jordan once said this about basketball “ I’ve missed over 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games, have been trusted 26 times to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Because of its continuous action and frequent scoring, basketball is one of the most popular spectator as well as…

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    However, he is a senior instead of a junior. He is the best basketball player at his school and the National Basketball Association (NBA) scouts has been tracking his progress for two years. He is very popular at school, but also even with his popularity he is humble. He focuses a lot of his grades and bettering his basketball performance. He is aware that he is talented and intelligent, but he is also aware that there are people not as fortunate…

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